ὄχλος

ochlos

crowd, throng

Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.

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Politics 11
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30

1265a17
Book III 3
Chapter 5 1277b33–1278b5

1278a32

Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32

1285b16

Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40

1286a31
Book V 4
Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18

1304a22

Chapter 6 1305a37–1306b21

1305b28
1305b30

Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14

1311a13
Book VI 2
Chapter 4 1318b6–1319b29

1319a37

Chapter 5 1319b30–1320b17

1320a10
Book VII 1
Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19

1327b8
Rhetoric 3
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Book II 2
Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6

1395b28
1395b29
Book III 1
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30

1414a9
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 56 834b4–6

834b6
Chapter 138 844b1–22

844b3
Oeconomica 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1348a34
1353a27

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄχλος, ὁ, A. crowd, throng, Pi. P. 4.85, A. Pers. 42 (anap.), etc.; ἐς ὄχλον ἕρπειν παρθένοισιν οὐ καλόν E. Or. 108, cf. Heracl. 44; ὁ ὄ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν the mass of the soldiers, X. Cyr. 6.1.26, cf. Th. 6.64, 7.62; μηδένα ὄ. Πελοποννησίων νεῶν Id. 2.88; ὄχλῳ in numbers (for an army), Id. 1.80; ὁ μισθοφόρος ὄ. Id. 3.109, cf.4.56; οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄ. undisciplined masses like these, ib.126; ὄ. μᾶλλον ἢ στρατός Hdn. 6.7.1; of the camp-followers, X. An. 3.4.26, 4.3.26, etc. 2. in political sense, populace, mob, opp. δῆμος (people), Th. 7.8, cf. Pl. Plt. 304d; πρὸς ὄχλον ζῶν Id. Ax. 368d; οἱ ὁμότιμοι ὤκνουν τὴν τοῦ ὄ. ἰσομοιρίαν X. Cyr. 2.2.21; δικαστηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄ. and popular assemblies (in a contemptuous sense), Pl. Grg. 455a, cf. Euthd. 290a: prov., διʼ ὄχλου ἤδη τοῦτό γε this is already in the mouths of the people, D.H. Lys. 10, cf. J. BJ 2.13.1, 4.9.2. 3. generally, mass, multitude, ὄ. τὸν πλεῖστον λόγων A. Pr. 827; τὸν πλεῖστον ὄ. τῶν πραχθέντων Isoc. 12.192; ἵππων ὄ. E. IA 191 (lyr.); ἄκριτος ἄστρων ὄ. Critias 19.5 D.; σαρκῶν Pl. Ti. 75e: in pl., the masses, καχεξία τις ὑποδέδυκε τοὺς ὄχλους Diph. 24.4, cf. Men. 161.1, 466.4; πιθανώτεροι οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἐν τοῖς ὄ. Arist. Rh. 1395b28. II. annoyance, trouble, σχολὴν ὄ. τε μέτριον E. Ion 635, etc.; ὄχλον παρέχειν to give trouble, Hdt. 1.86, cf. E. Med. 337, X. An. 3.2.27, Pl. Phd. 84d; διʼ ὄχλου εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become troublesome, Ar. Ec. 888, Th. 1.73, Pl. Alc. 1.103a; μάταιον ὄ. τοὺς λόγους νομίσητε D. 18.214; οἱ δὲ ἀντιλέγοντες ὄ. ἄλλως καὶ βασκανία κατεφαίνετο Id. 19.24.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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